简介：Revolution,demonstrations,electionsinEgypt:wesawthecrowdsonTahrirSquare.Butwhathappenedinthecountryside?ThisdocumentaryfollowstheinhabitantsofavillageinsouthernEgypt.Theirviewsonpolitics,hopeforthefutureandfinaldisappointment.Becauseineverydaylife,verylittlechanges. SevenhundredkilometressouthofCairo,theoverthrowofMubarakislittlemorethanaTVevent.InanamelessvillageintheNileValley,timeseemstostandeternallystill.Atfirstitdoesn’tlookasiftherevolutiontakingplaceintheheartofpowerwillchangeanything. Inshotsthatoftenhaveapainterlyquality,AnnaRoussillon-whogrewupinCairo-recordstherealityignoredbymostnewsreports:thatofthelargeruralpopulationofEgypt.Failingwaterpumpsandrebelliousagriculturalpetsshapethemoodoftheday,whileaspresidentialelectionsapproach,politicsincreasinglyfindsitswayintotheopen-heartedconversationsRoussillonhaswithseveralvillagers.Throughtheirdreams,disappointments,doubtsandquestions,thedocumentaryIAmthePeopleprovidesasurprisinglyclearviewfromthecountryside-wherecollectiveactionhasshapedthesurvivalofthecommunityforgenerations-ofeventsfarawayinTahrirSquare.…